Carol Rist, an Obama volunteer passing out a Democratic slate, said many people stopped to chat on their way out. “Most people seem happy, and African-Americans seem downright giddy,” she said. “One woman told me she’d gone to her family’s ancestral home, collected soil from the ground where her grandparents had walked, and rubbed a […]
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Eagle-eyed Auduboner Keeps Golf Course Off Wetlands, May 1991
From the Audubon Activist, May 1991 BY LARRY WIILLIAMS In November 1988, the Environmental Protection Agency drew a line through a tract of coastal mangroves 15 miles south of Miami. The owner of the land wanted to build a 253-home resort community, the centerpiece of which was to be a “championship” golf course designed by […]
To save Dade’s wild places
THE MIAMI HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1991 To save Dade’s wild places Appointee Carol Rist, seasoned conservationist, sums up her new, unpaid job thus: “I feel as though it’s the most important thing I’ll ever do in this field.” Could be, for Ms. Rist and the other six members of Dade’s just-appointed Land Acquisition […]
Let Floridians enjoy Birch Park forever by Carol Rist, 12-9-1991
Carol Rist, 12-9-1991 To The Editor: Hugh Taylor Birch State Recreational Area in Fort Lauderdale is a treasure for all Floridians. It has enriched my life immensely. In Birch Park I ran in relay races as a Girl Scout, organized relay races as a den mother, saw my first spotted breasted oriole, and discovered […]
It’s Earth Day, so say Thanks!
Kathleen Krog EDITORIAL BOARD Miami Herald, 4/22/99 In the city I call home, Fort Lauderdale, residents can recycle a veritable cornucopia of used consumer goods. Our blue recycling bins, picked up curbside weekly, can hold glass and plastic containers, cans, wax-coated cartons, cardboard (cut up and tied, please) and bundled newspapers. We now have two […]
References to Original Mining Simulation Article
Modeling and Simulation in Mining – Its Time Has Finally Arrived by John R. Sturgul Simulation Reference Local Copy SIMULATION DOI: 10.1177/003754970107600509 SIMULATION 2001; 76; 286 The online version of this article can be found at: Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com One of the first computer simulations in any field was the first mine simulation model written […]
Computer Simulation for Solution of a Mine Transportation Problem
by Karsten Rist Mining World – December 1961 by Karsten A. Rist Mr. Rist is long range procedures engineer for Climax Molybdenum Company with headquarters at Climax, Colorado. Computer Simulation for Solution of a Mine Transportation Problem In recent months the mining industry has devoted a great deal of attention to computers and […]
Common language a cornerstone by Karsten Rist
Karsten Rist, 7-11-1988, Miami Herald To The Editor: Sylvia Crespo-Tabak indicated in her July 2 letter that she is not in favor of the “official-English” amendment. Crespo-Tabak and I are citizens of the same country. For this reason it is important in principle that we be able to discuss matters that concern our common […]